Balanced somewhere
between the sublime and the sinister, Bruno Dumont’s debut film follows a group
of aimless youth in the north of France as they spiral downward toward the
unthinkable. Led by the troubled Freddy, whose affection for a local girl sets
off a disturbing series of events, the gang of disaffected teenagers inhabit a
desolate village where they remain trapped by their own self-imposed ignorance.
With touches of Robert Bresson and Italian neo-realism, Life of Jesus is a stunning work of cinematic poetry.

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